Lutfï al-Sayyid’s newspaper, al-Jarïda, regularly set aside front-page space for the issue of colonizing the Sudan. So tight were the bonds between the two countries that even the name Sudan made no sense, wrote `Abd al- Qadir Hamza, a frequent contributor. In language that removes a separate identity from the Sudanese, he states, “I do not know why the Sudan is named anything other than Egypt, and it amazes me that we accepted this appellation during eras of oppression.” The Sudan was not a separate nation, no matter what its name, but the name had the deleterious effect of making people think it was separate.

Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Coloni…, loc. 767